home.......

having a tv reporter (and camera guy named mike- that's for AV folks...) in our house was...surreal. she said the same thing my friends and family have said. "i could spend all day walking around looking at the cool stuff in here!" she loved the nook and mentioned the warm feeling of the house, something else everyone comments on. it feels good to be here. friends and family make it even better. i love having folks over, sitting back and watching everyone laugh, crowd into the nook for dinner, and just enjoy themselves.

there's a tom waits song that i love so much. it's called, "the house where nobody lives." it's totally sad bastard. but there's a verse where the lyrics get me every time. it makes me think about how lucky i am to have a home i love so much, that i share with someone i love so much. i guess i am feeling all wistful and philosophical these days.... i'm getting mushy and sentimental in my old age!!!! dammit! my next post is going to be something weird and upsetting, i promise!

here's a great clip of tom waits doing the song i love (followed with a bizarre little interview with leno...) and here's a horrible, horrible version of the song by some youtube guy.

and here's the part of the lyrics i love:

so if you find someone
someone to have, someone to hold
don't trade it for silver
don't trade it for gold
i have all of life's treasures
and they are fine and they are good
they remind me that houses
are just made of wood
what makes a house grand
ain't the roof or the doors
if there's love in a house
it's a palace for sure